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摘要： It snowed heavily for three days and we were separated from the outside world. A. in the end B. by the end C. on end D. at the end

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It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just 1 any November day. His 2 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it 3 . One morning, I walked slowly 4 and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, 5 those good people would not see me. I was 6 . My first thought was, how would I ever 7 them? I didn’t have the 8 to brush my hair, 9 clear someone’s walk.

Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I 10 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and 11 . So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 12 myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?

Learning to receive the love and 13 from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a 14 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”

Over and over, I heard 15 words from the people who supported me during those 16 days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your 17 may be the hardest work you will ever do.”

I am not the person I 18 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 19 . I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming form 20 one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.

1.A．on B．in C．like D．for

2.A．body B．soul C．shoe D．footprint

3.A．sweep up B．drop off C．fall down D．pile up

4.A．upstairs B．downstairs C．indoors D．outdoors

5.A．so B．yet C．and D．for

6.A．delighted B．disappointed C．annoyed D．ashamed

7.A．pay B．award C．reward D．treat

8.A．courage B．strength C．spirit D．power

9.A．stand alone B．leave alone C．sit alone D．let alone

10.A．frequently B．gradually C．hardly D．uncertainly

11.A．intelligence B．independence C．excellence D．qualification

12.A．achieve B．praise C．respect D．promote

13.A．supply B．support C．contribution D．similar

14.A．burden B．job C．business D．sorrow

15.A．sensitive B．same C．considerate D．similar

16.A．blue B．rainy C．bright D．snowy

17.A．despair B．difficulty C．pain D．regret

18.A．still B．once C．even D．never

19.A．worse B．less C．more D．better

20.A．facing B．noticing C．managing D．expressing

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Heaviest snow in half a century hit the south of the country. It snowed continuously for half a month, ___41__ the railways, highways, and runways in the airfields. Ice wrapped and paralyzed (使瘫痪)the power and communication system. Many people were trapped in railway stations, bus stations and airports, and ___42___ in cars, buses and trains. Governments and people did everything they could ___43___ the snow disaster, no one was killed __ 44___ cold and hunger. Gradually, trapped people all went back home safely. Many moving stories happened during the ___45___. While fighting the snow, people forgot their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple was ___46___on the internet.

The swallow couple had not eaten anything for several days ___47 _ the snow. They tried to fly into people's home to warm themselves, but every house was closed ___48 _. They got to a side of a balcony (阳台) ___49 _ wind could not reach. They jumped and flapped their wings to attract the attention of the people inside the house, who were busy with their own things. The wife's body was __50__, she could not move any longer. The husband came near and wrapped his wife with his wings. The husband lost his __51__ soon because of his opened wings. The couple died in the cold and hunger, one __52__ another.

The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to check his flowers and saw a __53__ swallow outside the window pane, touching it, he found that they were two embracing together. Thinking of the __54__ the snow had brought to the people, he was __55__ to tears. He took them in, giving them some warmness which they could not __56__ any longer. He found a small cardboard box, filled it with some hay and __57__ the swallow couple in. He buried them in the back garden.

In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family lives in the roof of my house. They come back from the __58__ every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have grown up, they fly to the south for __59__. I wonder if they will come back this spring as they __60__.

41．A．protecting B．maintaining C．blocking D．keeping

42．A．even B．still C．yet D．nevertheless

43．A．fight B．fighting C．to fight D．fought

44．A．to B．from C．with D．for

45．A．process B．procedure C．practice D．progress

46．A．common B．widespread C．well-known D．familiar

47．A．regardless of B．instead of C．in addition to D．because of

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The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __36___for half a month. Many people were __37___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __38___; nobody was killed from cold and _39____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_40___. While fighting the snow, people ___41__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow(燕子) couple appeared on the Internet.
The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __42___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___43___tightly(紧紧地). They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings(翅膀) to _44___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __45____their own things. The wife’s body was __46___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __47__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __48__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __49__ it, he found they were two embracing（拥抱） together. Thinking of the __50___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _51___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __52__it with some hay （干草）and lay the couple in . He _53__them in the garden of the community(社区).
In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __54__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __55___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.

用所给单词的正确形式填空（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1.At the same time we are taking measures to _____________ our natural resources.

2.The factory pours a lot of waste into the river and now the _______water is not fit to drink.

3.They two have been _____________ about the problem for about half an hour, but neither is willing to give in.

4.Some local families will provide ___________ for the exchange students.

5.The hurricane was really _______________.Many people were scared.

6.Considering there are many people in developing countries still don’t have enough to eat and no place to live in, many countries agree to work togehter to reduce ______________.

7.Honey, take your coat with you. Last night it snowed heavily and it might be ______________ cold today.

8.Do you know who ____________________ the computer?

9.The Japanese hold the view that the types of blood are related to people’s characters, so they take them ________.

10.With many forests __________ , animals have lost a lot of inhabitants.

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The day my fiancé fell to his death, it started to snow, just like the bottom hadn’t fallen out of my world when he fell off the roof. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up.
One morning, I shuffled(拖着脚步走) downstairs and was surprised to see a snowplow(扫雪机) clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling my walk. I dropped to my knees, crawled through the living room, and back upstairs so those good Samaritans would not see me. I was mortified. My first thought was, how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair, let alone shovel someone’s walk.
Before Jon’s death, I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors. I defined myself by my competence and independence. How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch everyday and watch the snow fall?
Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn’t even help them set the table. “I’m not usually this lazy,” I swept. Finally, my friend Kathy sat down with me and said, “Mary, cooking for you is not a burden. It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”
Over and over, I heard similar words of comfort from the people who supported me during those dark days. One very wise man told me, “You are not doing nothing. Being fully open to your grief may be the hardest work you will ever do.”
In many ways I have changed for the better. I have been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom that comes from facing one’s worst fear and walking away whole.
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